1948-10-05 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, ·TUESDAY,~OCTOBER 5, 1948.

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES

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PAROLED FOR LIFE-OR DEATH-The gates of San Quentin Prison opened for Adrian Acosta, 19, of San Diego, California (centro), so that he might die on the "outside." Acosta is suffering from tuberculosis which doctors say will claim his life within a few weeks. Comforted by mother (right) and sister, Acosta leaves the prison for a hospital where he will spend his remaining days.

MERCY FLIGHT-A mercy flight ordered by Gen. Mark Clark brought this baby across California in a U.S. Army plane. Suffering from a possible brain tumour, the four-month-old child is handed to its father, Capt. Russel Self, at Hamilton Field, as the

mother anxiously watches. -

TURNING IN GOLD"AND FOREIGN CURRENCY-This view of a busy period in a bank in Shanghal was taken recently as the deadline approached for the population to exchange their gold and foreign currency holdings for the new gold yuan currency. Public response was described as highly satisfactory.

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carry wounded Greek soldier from the front lines in the Grammos Mountain fighting area. Regular troops are continuing operations against Gen. Markos" "Free Greek" army, which is retreating across the Albanian border.

TAKE OFF-From every conceivable perch, gobs and middles stand by as a US. Navy fighter plane takes off from the deck of the USS Leyte, The crew was carrying on high speed air and sea manoeuvres 30 miles from New York. The camera on the special bridge at left is shooting the event for television.

CROWDED WARDS-Busy nurses are attending polio patients in this crowded ward of the Los Angeles hospital. Thirty-one "iron langs” are now in use and 11 others stand ready to receive more patients, victims of the dread illsease which has approached epidemic proportions in the stricken city.

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Jerusalem's new police force, riambering

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400 men, Hides up parade-style for the swearing-in ceremony. Inspector-General

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